Usually means: Provoking action or stimulating inquiry.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. instigative: Merriam-Webster
  2. instigative: Collins English Dictionary
  3. instigative: Vocabulary.com
  4. instigative: Wordnik
  5. instigative: Wiktionary
  6. instigative: Dictionary.com
  7. instigative: Rhymezone
  8. instigative: FreeDictionary.org
  9. instigative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. instigative: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. instigative: Legal dictionary

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  1. instigative: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Tending to instigate.

Similar:
incitive, provocative, inflammatory, seditious, rabble-rousing, incendiary, inductive, inducive, incitomotor, initiatory, more...

Opposite:
inhibitory, restraining, discouraging

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Similar:
incitive, provocative, inflammatory, seditious, rabble-rousing, incendiary, inductive, inducive, incitomotor, initiatory, more...

Opposite:
inhibitory, restraining, discouraging



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